Rose Stahl
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Rose Stahl was a Canadian/American
stage actress, born in Montreal
. Her father was Col. Ernest Charles Stahl, a newspaperman who was drama and music critic for a newspaper called the Chicago InterOcean
and her mother was French-Canadian. The Col in front her father's name suggests he was a veteran of the Civil War. Stahl spent her formative years in Chicago where her father worked. She later moved to Trenton New Jersey when Col. Stahl became editor of the Trenton Herald. She made her début in Philadelphia in 1887, toured with Daniel Bandmann in 1888, and appeared in New York
in 1897. In 1902-03 she starred as Janice Meredith in a road touring version of the play of that name. She first appeared in her rôle of Patricia O'Brien in 1904 in the sketch
called The Chorus Girl, which she carried to London
in 1906, and she reappeared in New York in the revised four-act play, The Chorus Lady, in which she made a sensation and which continued to be her vehicle till 1911. Afterward she played in Maggie Pepper (1911) with Beatrice Prentice
playing a supporting rôle, Moonlight Mary (1916), etc.
As with many turn of the century stage stars, Stahl showed no interest in the new medium of motion pictures when the fledgling studios came courting stage stars around 1912. Like David Warfield
, she starred in a handful of plays, became famous for them, and played them for many years.
Stahl was married twice. First to an E.P. Sullivan, they divorced in the mid 1890s. Her second husband was William Bonelli, an actor whom she wed in October 1895. This was a happy marriage and lasted until Mr Bonelli's death. She bore no children in either of the marriages.
Christopher Reeve plays a journalist researching an Edwardian actress in the library of a large hotel. Reeve pulls out a cache of photos and one of the photos shows a child standing holding a doll. The child is Rose Stahl as the same photo appears in Stahl's biographical entry in Daniel Blum's Great Stars of the American Stage.
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stage actress, born in Montreal
Montreal
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. Her father was Col. Ernest Charles Stahl, a newspaperman who was drama and music critic for a newspaper called the Chicago InterOcean
Chicago Inter Ocean
The Chicago Inter Ocean, also known as the Chicago Inter-Ocean, is the name used for most of its history for a newspaper published in Chicago, Illinois, from 1865 until 1914. Its editors included Charles A...
and her mother was French-Canadian. The Col in front her father's name suggests he was a veteran of the Civil War. Stahl spent her formative years in Chicago where her father worked. She later moved to Trenton New Jersey when Col. Stahl became editor of the Trenton Herald. She made her début in Philadelphia in 1887, toured with Daniel Bandmann in 1888, and appeared in New York
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in 1897. In 1902-03 she starred as Janice Meredith in a road touring version of the play of that name. She first appeared in her rôle of Patricia O'Brien in 1904 in the sketch
Sketch comedy
A sketch comedy consists of a series of short comedy scenes or vignettes, called "sketches," commonly between one and ten minutes long. Such sketches are performed by a group of comic actors or comedians, either on stage or through an audio and/or visual medium such as broadcasting...
called The Chorus Girl, which she carried to London
London
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in 1906, and she reappeared in New York in the revised four-act play, The Chorus Lady, in which she made a sensation and which continued to be her vehicle till 1911. Afterward she played in Maggie Pepper (1911) with Beatrice Prentice
Beatrice Prentice
Beatrice Prentice was a stage actress of the early 20th century.-Family:Prentice was probably born in Sac County Iowa but had ties to a prominent New York City family whose members were listed in the "blue book" social register. The other Prentices objected when she entered the acting profession...
playing a supporting rôle, Moonlight Mary (1916), etc.
As with many turn of the century stage stars, Stahl showed no interest in the new medium of motion pictures when the fledgling studios came courting stage stars around 1912. Like David Warfield
David Warfield
David Warfield was an American stage actor, born in San Francisco, California. His first connection with the theatre was as an usher. He made his first stage appearance in 1888 in The Ticket-of-Leave Man. Two years later he went to New York City, where he appeared at the Casino Theatre and at...
, she starred in a handful of plays, became famous for them, and played them for many years.
Stahl was married twice. First to an E.P. Sullivan, they divorced in the mid 1890s. Her second husband was William Bonelli, an actor whom she wed in October 1895. This was a happy marriage and lasted until Mr Bonelli's death. She bore no children in either of the marriages.
Note
In the 1980 film Somewhere in TimeSomewhere in Time (film)
Somewhere in Time is a 1980 romantic science fiction film directed by Jeannot Szwarc. It is a film adaptation of the 1975 novel Bid Time Return by Richard Matheson, who also wrote the screenplay...
Christopher Reeve plays a journalist researching an Edwardian actress in the library of a large hotel. Reeve pulls out a cache of photos and one of the photos shows a child standing holding a doll. The child is Rose Stahl as the same photo appears in Stahl's biographical entry in Daniel Blum's Great Stars of the American Stage.
External links
- Reading materials and a photograph
- Rose Stahl photo gallery NYP Library Billy Rose Collection.
- NY Times article announcing Stahl's second marriage to William Bonelli on October 17, 1895. She was given away to Bonelli by her father. The article states she was previously married to E.P. Sullivan. The article also states she's 27 years old her birthday being October 29 she'd be 28, so she could have a birth year of 1868 or 1867